Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alumni from NJIT are impressing Mike Reagan, who leads 250 people for the New York/New Jersey region of international technology consultancy CGI Inc., because the Highlanders among them stand out for backing up solid training with invaluable soft skills. “They have risen to be the cream of the crop,” said Reagan, senior vice president, who’s an electrical engineer and transitioned into management. “What I do not hire is someone with a resume of 4.0 and nothing else. Give me the 3.2 who was part of a couple of clubs, involved in student government and has a personality.” Four alumni,...

Neel Adwani is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He works at the Controls Automation and Robotics Lab (CAR Lab), advised by Dr. Cong Wang. He is also a teaching assistant for the ECE Department, currently teaching ECE 294 Analog and Digital Circuits Lab. His current research is based on end-effector fabrication for robots using LLMs and VLMs, where his goal is to leverage models like GPT for designing and prototyping robot end-effectors for performing domestic services like cooking. Aside from teaching and research...

Daniel Vargas ‘15, a systems safety engineer at Nvidia, is at the forefront of one of the most exciting and transformative fields in technology—autonomous vehicles. With a career that began in aerospace and defense, Vargas — who graduated with a degree in electrical engineering — has now transitioned into the tech world, where he ensures that Nvidia’s cutting-edge innovations are safe, reliable and compliant. Vargas’ path to Nvidia was a journey marked by significant changes and challenges. “In the defense world, projects move at a very methodical pace to ensure reliability and compliance...

Zhenlu Qin joined the Department of Computer Science at Auburn University at Montgomery as an Assistant Professor in August 2024 after obtaining his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from NJIT in May 2024. He started his Ph.D. study in 2018 and was advised by Dr. Qing Liu. His research focuses on high-performance computing (HPC), data compression and reduction, and I/O performance. Compared to industrial jobs, academia jobs come with particular benefits, especially for international students. Along your PhD study, when did you decide to give it a try? What major efforts did you take after...